The Federal Ministry of Finance yesterday listed fresh conditions for the release of the Paris Club debt refund to states. It said that it was doubtful if most governors fulfilled earlier conditions as salaries and pensions were still being owed in many states. Read More…

Once described as the happiest set of people in the world in 2003 in a report by World Values Survey in spite of long-standing problems, Read More…

David Jemibewon, a retired major general and former governor of defunct Western State, has weighed in on the ongoing faceoff between the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service and the Senate. Read More…

THE Unity School Old Students’ Association, USOSA, has urged the Federal Government to keep Queen’s College closed until a more robust and thorough inspection is carried out, and the school is declared habitable by independent assessors. Read More…

Seven people have been killed in a suicide attack at Umarari village in Molai general area of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Read More…

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An unidentified middle-aged man yesterday jumped into the Lagos Lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge. Read More…

The Federal Civil Service Commission has released lists of successful candidates shortlisted for interview into the Federal Ministries. Read More…

The premises of the National Agency For Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) located in Oshodi, Lagos state, was on Saturday gutted by fire. Read More…

The residents of Otodo-Gbame in Lekki area of Lagos State have decried the demolition of houses and destruction of properties in their locality. Read More…

The Nigerian Army says it has destroyed over 900 arms and ammunition after a 60-day disarmament exercise carried out by the Rivers state government. Read More…

Hundreds of protesters yesterday stormed the National Assembly (NASS) complex in Abuja to draw the attention of the federal lawmakers to the renewed killings of persons by suspected herdsmen in some farming communities of Benue State. They were, however, denied entry by some 200 armed policemen. Read More…

Without a voice of dissent, the Senate yesterday walked out the embattled Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, for not wearing the agency’s uniform. The upper chamber accused him of appearing in “improper dressing.” Read More…

Candidates who are awaiting their O’Level results can seat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has said. Read More…

Daniel Danladi, a detective with the Special Task Force of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday at an Ikeja, Lagos State, High Court revealed how judges and judicial officers, allegedly received bribes from Dr. Joseph Nwobike, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. Read More…

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has directed the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to urgently begin the process of releasing the second tranche of the London-Paris Club refunds to the states. Read More…

The police in Lagos have arrested a certain Muslim cleric, Kazeem Alimson, popularly known as Alfa, for allegedly killing a three-year-old boy, Chiagozie Okereke at the White Sand area of Isheri-Oshun, Ejigbo, Lagos. Read More…

Creditors have lost their battle to take over mobile giant Etisalat. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) staved off the planned takeover  by a consortium of banks the company is owing over  N200 billion. Read More…

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Comptroller-General Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) has bowed to pressure from the Senate, announcing suspension of the proposed vehicle duty payment. Read More…

A fresh case of soldiers’ brutality against a female Nigerian citizen is being investigated, the Nigerian army has said.

Six soldiers, the army said, are currently in detention over the incident. Read More…

The Senate has again rejected the confirmation of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu. Read More…

Four female teenage suicide bombers and two other men have been killed, following a suicide explosion at the Usmanti area along Muna Garage in Maiduguri. Read More…